The Valley School
Special schoolThe Valley School is a special school in Stevenage, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 193 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 5 November 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at The Valley School was 0.5, against 44.1 in Stevenage and 46.2 in England.
0% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Stevenage | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 0.5 | 44.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 42.3% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 61.2% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 37 | – | – |
- The Valley School teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Roebuck AcademyPrimary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)270 m
- Peartree Way Nursery SchoolNursery. School remains Good, June 2024600 m
- St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), May 2024, before the school changed700 m
- Greenside SchoolSpecial. Standards maintained, February 2025730 m
- Peartree Spring Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, March 2023. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)860 m
- St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School and NurseryPrimary. Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade. 31% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)940 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Stevenage
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).